DUMONT GEM: Fall River righthander shuts down Dartmouth

Nick Dumont threw a four-hitter and Fall River Post 464 scored all of its runs in the second inning in defeating Dartmouth Post 307 by a 4-0 count on Tuesday at Chew Park’s Father McCarrick Field.

Dumont walked one, hit two batters (both in the fifth inning) and stranded seven Dartmouth runners. The righthander struck out four and was backed by excellent defense as Fall River upped its record to 3-1-1. Dumont made the lone Post 464 error with an errant pickoff throw.

He did not allow more than one hit in any inning.

“He (Dumont) had real positive control,” Fall River coach Tiberio Estrella said. “This was a real big step up from his first game of the season.”

That first start also came against Dartmouth (2-4-1), a game that ended in a 2-2 tie.

In the rematch, all four runs came with two outs as Fall River sent eight batters to the plate in the second inning.

Fall River threatened in every other inning but left 11 runners on base. With excellent chances to build on the lead, Post 464 did nothing after getting first and second with nobody out in both the third and fourth innings.

Fall River finished with nine hits off a trio of Dartmouth pitchers. Three of those hits came in the second inning.

In the second, Kyle Cabral drew a one-out walk and Collin Medeiros (2-for-2) sacrificed him to second. After Dumont walked, Austin Crowninshield smacked an RBI single to right and took second on an error.

Alex Benevides (2-for-3) followed with a double deep into the right-field corner and he scored moments later when Justin Martinho (3-for-4) dumped an RBI single to shallow center.

Fall River struggled with its baserunning, getting one runner picked off second base for the first out and another thrown out at home trying to score from second base on a fielder’s choice.

“We had a couple of fundamental running errors,” Estrella said.

Still, the coach had far more positive than negative to say about this game and the early-season success.

“We played hard. All the boys came confident,” he said. “Pitching, that’s what we’ve got this year. We have a four-man rotation with four relievers.”

Dumont’s best escape act came in the second inning after a leadoff double. He shut the door thanks to a strikeout, a ground out, and a fly ball.

Martinho, the first baseman, denied Dartmouth a leadoff single in the sixth inning, diving to his right to snare a grounder and then throwing to Dumont at the bag. The next batter doubled.

Fall River was coming off a 2-1 win at Acushnet on Monday. Brendan Texeira pitched a complete game three-hitter with 12 strikeouts and six walks. Benevides went 1-for-2 with a double and the game-winning sacrifice fly, scoring Dumont in the fifth inning.
Email Greg Sullivan at gsullivan@heraldnews.com. Follow him @GregSullivanHN.

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